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CBS chief weighs in on 'CSI,' 'Swingtown,' fall season at TCA panel

Jul 18, 2008, 04:43 PM | by Lynette Rice

Categories: TCA Press Tour, TV Biz

Promising a “DVR-proof” season of CSI, CBS Entertainment president Nina Tassler confirmed today that star Billy Peterson would leave the long-running procedural drama after the 10th episode but gave contradicting comments about whether he’s actually being replaced. Speaking at the annual TV critics tour in Beverly Hills, Tassler said the network will bring in a new, yet-to-be cast actor to play a scientist who will eventually become the head of the unit, a position previously held by Peterson’s Gil Grissom. “He won’t replace Billy but will add an element that is going to inform the dynamic of the team,” Tassler said. She also described the role as someone similar to Michael C. Hall’s character on Dexter ("serial killers have the same genetic profile"), but reassured reporters that he won’t be a murderer. "This man knows about himself and [the show] will follow his journey to discover his true character.”

In other news, Tassler said she’s disappointed with the ratings for Swingtown but has yet to decide whether to order any more episodes beyond the initial 13 planned for this summer. (She added that there are no plans for now to renew The Power of 10, hosted by Drew Carey.)

Tassler also explained why Gary Unmarried –- the new sitcom starring Jay Mohr as a recently divorced dad –- won’t be at press tour this year: he planned “over a year ago” to renew his vows with wife Nikki Cox at this time. And she denied any so-called Internet rumors that CBS was planning to overhaul The Price of Right. “We are very respectful of the brand and the integrity of the show,” she said. “Before Bob Barker left, we had a multi-year strategy to put a fresh coat of paint on the show. Some of those games haven’t been touched in 30 years. We wanted to make minor adjustments.”

Finally, Tassler confirmed that Sarah Chalke (Scrubs) will recur on How I Met Your Mother this season but said “I don’t think she’s the mother.”

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BRING BACK SWINGTOWN!!! I don't believe Swingtown lacked fans -- there's got to be something wrong with the rating process. I'm sick of good shows getting cancelled after one season! With all the lousy programs on tv, it really bugs me when one of the few good ones gets cancelled. Stations should commit to good quality programming, and do more advertising for the ones that fly under the radar. Sometimes it takes awhile for the word to spread. I've missed the first seasons, and more of some programs that turned out to be my favorites!

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Jessica L Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 11:26 AM EST

Please keep Swingtown! It's the only show I've watched on CBS in a very long while!! I'm dying to find out what happens next!
It's a great show, it needs a good night and time slot and some actual promotion.
It's so hard to find good shows these days amidst all of these crappy reality shows that are out there.

Nik Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 04:02 PM EST

This show was entertaining, ans isn't that the whole point!!. This world has gone crazy with reality, whats wrong with a little fiction? This shows is heart pounding, exciting and leaves you wanting more....KEEP IT!!!

Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 01:13 PM EST

I know a lot of people who love Swingtown. Give it another chance to win more fans!!!!!

amanda Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 06:28 PM EST

i love love love swingtown and was really looking forward to it's return. i hope they bring it back!

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ANGIE Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 04:24 PM EST

SWINGTOWN rocks! everyone i work with got hooked after watching it once...we are dying to know what happens next! this show has way to much potential to cancel it now.

Sarah Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 12:34 PM EST

Please don't cancel Swingtown. I didn't get a chance to watch it till after the season on Netflix. I LOVE the show! It needs a season 2...3...4... you get my drift. Bring it back, please!

Craig Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 11:51 PM EST

SWINGTOWN was one of the best shows of the year. Many shows do poorly in their first season - especially a summer season. M*A*S*H had LOWER ratings its first season than SWINGTOWN did and look what that became!

Jennifer Collins Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 09:31 PM EST

BRING BACK 'SWINGTOWN'!!!!!!!!!!!! It isn't cool to get us hooked on a show and invested in the characters and then pull it away from us! "Swingtown" is one of the best shows to come along in years! In my mind the best shows on tv today is 'Swingtown', 'Heroes', 'Lost', 'Dexter', 'Weeds', 'Ghost Whisperer', 'Medium', 'ER' and a few other choice shows. I also miss 'Jericho'. Please bring back 'Swingtown'!!

Mary Wilson Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 01:19 PM EST

Not Fair!! PLEEEASE Give it a fair chance, don't take my show away. It is one of our favorite shows. We couldn't wait to watch it and have been waiting for it to come back. Listen to your audience, bring it back so we can see what happens next!!! WE are hooked on swingtown.
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Rich Mooney Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 07:59 PM EST

Please renew Swingtown. The show is marvelous, and takes me back to a time before the cell phone, the PC, and the
tripe that is considered music these days. The plots are not all just about sex. they are about community,
sharing, life, love, marriage, teen angst, and best of all the music!

Jenifer Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 03:47 PM EST

I love this show! Please consider another season. It probably confused a lot of viewers when it switched air time. We NEED another season to see how it goes.

natdave Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 03:37 PM EST

Please say it isn't so. Let's cancel all of the reality shows and keep this one. All I can say is HOT!, HOT!, HOT.

Kate Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 03:32 PM EST

All this talk about not renewing swingtown is making me sad. I loved the show and think it deserves a real shot at becoming a ratings winner. It didn't get a fair start. By changing the day and time that it was aired, it probably lost some of its following. PLEASE BRING IT BACK! GIVE IT A REAL CHANCE! It was the first series in a long time that I would sit down with my husband and we would watch it together.

pdg Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 02:31 AM EST

Great show brings back memories.Keep it going

Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 07:24 PM EST

It took 3 seasons for "Everybody Loves Raymond" to become popular and I believe it was the same for "Star Trek Voyager" as well. Give "Swingtown" time to grow and give people a chance to watch. It was aired during the summer- people go on holidays. Take all these factors into account before you cancel an original and fun summer programme.

paulamk2 Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 12:30 PM EST

Please bring back Swingtown, it was the best and most original show on TV!! I miss it!!!

sharol Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 07:16 PM EST

Please bring us Swingtown it is a great show i cn totally relate to it brings back good memories and I can lose myself for 1 hour a week Please dont cancel this show!!!I love it

doug e Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 02:34 AM EST

swingtown is a fantastic show that I think is just incredible, I am dying to see what happens next. I have watched the whole season twice and think it would be a travesty if the show didnt go on another season. I absolutely love all of the characters. there depth and pure "humaness" are just incredible to watch. Please bring the show back.


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Janelle Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 03:15 PM EST

I was in the 8th grade in 1976 and all the fun of the 70's came back with Swingtown. The 70's brought lots of changes and Swingtown has a unique way of teaching us just how important these years were to all of us, especially free speech and womens rights. My husband and I love to watch each episode together and when he travels he watches the episodes online and we have a great time talking about who did what this week. It's a great conversation with friends because we all want to know "the what if" and "what will happen next", plus sharing some memories of our own. It's a great show with really great writers, an hour is never enough watching "SWINGTOWN".

Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 09:34 AM EST

Keep Swingtown! It is a great show and really gives us an interesting look at the 70's. My husband and I watched it every week. No one knew about it because it was a summer show, and Friday night is a not a popular TV watching night. Renew it and give it a real shot this time. It will be a HIT!

Steve Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 10:57 AM EST

Save Swingtown! Our neighborhood gets together to watch this shiow weekly! This is one of the best shows that CBS has released in years. Give it a little more time to catch. It will be a hit!

Chris Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 03:53 PM EST

I LOVE Swingtown and would be very disappointed if it was cancelled. It is one of my favorite shows. I actually looked forward to Friday nights when it would be on again (and I have a DVR when I could watch it anytime!)

Nicole Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 10:01 PM EST

I didn't give Swingtown a fair shot when it was on this summer. Now that I was sucked into the Bravo marathon, I've introduced it to others who also love the show. Give it a second season!! Give it a second chance. Let the fans see where this can go. The show is fantastic.

Christy Sullivan Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 09:33 PM EST

Please don't cancel Swingtown it is a great show. My husband and I look forward to watching it. It is so much better than all of the reality shows. I will be very upset if you do cncel it. I have lots of friends that watch it as well. You can't get us hooked on the show and the lives of everyone on the show and then cancel it when it was getting interesting.

lovin' it Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 08:17 PM EST

I gotta say I got hooked on Swingtown. Would hate to see it go. It also seemed word was beginning to spread (no pun intended) about the show. I heard people talking about it. Wish CBS would give it another shot in a better time slot.

Kristie Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 03:22 PM EST

I agree Swingtown is a great show! I Love it! You cant give a show a cruddy time slot and wonder why ratings are down. I know myself if it werent for DVR and watching episodes on the internet I would never get to see it. Maybe they should look at those ratings!

KARIE Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 12:25 PM EST

Please save swingtown, I loved it. The memories it brought back, the music rocked and the cast is excellent, plus its something new to watch in the summer.

ds Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 01:50 AM EST

CBS, learn a lesson from AMC. Mad Men doesn't get a CSI-sized audience but it is still a hit and is talked about way more than the cookie-cuter CIS menagerie. Swingtown has that same potential with supberb character development. Bring it back, stay loyal to a day and time, and watch the views stay loyal to it.

Heidi Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 06:29 PM EST

I've just seen this show for the first time during the Bravo marathon. Please, CBS, stop relying on CSI Season 156 as your only entertainment! Listen to the public! We want something different! Save Swingtown! Even better, send it to Showtime.

Jo Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 06:09 PM EST

Please Please Please don't cancel Swingtown, I love that show. I work at a Hospital and we all watch it. it brings back so many memories, and has a great cast. Please keep it on, at least give it another season.

Jo Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 06:07 PM EST

Please Please Please don't cancel Swingtown, I love that show. I work at a Hospital and we all watch it. it brings back so many memories, and has a great cast. Please keep it on, at least give it another season.

sharrie Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 06:42 PM EST

SAVE SWINGTOWN!!!! it's a great show.

jane Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 12:30 AM EST

Swingtown is my favorite show! It's awesome! It brings back some great memories! Please keep it on...pleeeeeeease. Thank you.

tammra thompson Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 12:05 AM EST

PLEEZE SAVE SWINGTOWN. ITS A GREAT SHOW TO WATCH AND IT BRINGS BACK SOOO MANY MEMORIES OF THAT TIME. THERE R SO MANY REALITY SHOWS ON THAT REALLY SERVE NOT MUCH ENTERTAINMENT BUT THIS DRAMADY OF TIMES THAT BRING BACK MEMORIES OF OTHER TIMES, IS REALLY SOMETHING I WOULD RATHER WATCH. THANK YOU TAMMRA

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dlb Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 07:44 AM EST

Swingtown and New Christine are the only CBS shows I watch...So frustrating that NC almost didn't get renewed and Swingtown's future looks iffy...what is wrong with this country that great, smart shows like these (and 30 Rock, Pushing Daisies, Mad Men) don't have HUGE ratings?? I guess most people want reality TV and gory 'procedural' shows...

Caro Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 07:14 AM EST

Swingtown was lots of Fun! I enjoyed watching a depiction of the seventies. As for moral content, Swingtown is no more immoral than most other shows. The envelope of sex and adultery and drugs has been pushed long ago, and there is no turning back to the world of Andy Griffin. As for CSI there was once a joke about a radio station that played only Dark Side of the Moon, by Pink Floyd.."All Dark, all the time." was its slogan. Well, the channels in my favorite tv package are close to that situation. CSI marathons all the time, SVU and NCSI and CSI ad nasuem. The characters all are beginning to look like Olivia and Elliot. Law and Order was fresh once upon a time. That stuff isn't fresh anymore. I even saw CSI or Law and Order listed on TV Land. I will soon stop paying for cable, because there is simply no thing to watch! Bring back Swingtown!

girlfriday Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 11:33 PM EST

I watched Swingtown on Netflix. In two days, I finished watching all of the episodes of season 1. LOVED IT!

EricS Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 02:00 AM EST

I echo the general sentiment of this strem -- keep Swingtown on the air! I don't know what the rest of America doesn't get. This show is full of terrific character development, history lessons and music. Keep up the fine work and hope America comes around!

sylvia r Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 10:27 AM EST

For the past 3-4 weeks I have religiously run home in time for Swingtown, yet Swingtown has been nowhere to be found.
You CANT cancel it, at least give us an ending - how can I go through life not knowing Susan's fate with the next door neighbor??

Dont cancel, please dont cancel!! This was the ONE TV show I watched and looked forward to all week.

LW Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 08:10 PM EST

Swingtown is a very enjoyable series. Super cast, believable story lines and great music. Please renew for at least one more season!!!!

Len Mark Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 04:45 PM EST

Swingtown is a great series! I'm hoping to see more new episodes. All the actors, even the kids seem like real pro's.........

Mary Ann P. Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 01:20 PM EST

I THINK "SWINGTOWN" HAS THE BEST STORY LINE AND A GREAT CAST. IT BRINGS ME BACK TO MY DISCO DAYS AND THE SENSATIONAL SEVENTIES. PLEASE BRING THIS GREAT SHOW BACK. THERES MORE STORY TO TELL. SOME OF MY FRIENDS LOVED IT TOO. THANK YOU!

toni Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 06:59 AM EST

Please don't cancel Swingtown! It is a great show. It is different from all other shows on primetime and that is what makes it so special. Please give it another try!

Nancy Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 12:37 PM EST

Swingtown was a great new show! First new series I liked in a long time! Great, and original, very good entertainment!!
Bring it back!!

alison Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 11:05 AM EST

DO not cancel Swingtown. good show, well written with plenty of nostalgia..very annoying when you get into a show and they cancel it...makes you not want to tune into new shows

Brenda Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:49 PM EST

PLEASE keep Swingtown on the air! I only watch 3 other shows besides Swingtown (Grey's. Heros & Desperate Housewives). I would say Swingtown is now my favorite show out of all os those listed. You can't end it....I am dying to know what is going to happen next....I can't wait for it to air again!

Anne Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 09:49 PM EST

Love the show. It is sooooo fun and a lot more interesting then reality tv! Please keep it on the air!!!!

Joyce Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 05:50 PM EST

Keep Swingtown on it was "Great" It bought back some great memories and my duaghters liked it to and there from another generation.........

Denise Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 05:23 PM EST

Please Please Please do not cancel Swingtown. The show is great and definately not another reality show. The view that the summer had low ratings is becaus people don't expect a new show in the summer and don't stay home anyway. You will see you have a huge hit on your hands. I said the show looked interesting when I saw the previews and a friend thought the name would make it bad. She is a real church going woman and has fallen for it whenshe realized it was not a show about all sex and trash...it is funny and always interesting...PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL IT

Barb Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 09:48 PM EST

Swingtown is one of the few shows on tv that I watch-its so different....most shows are repetitive and unimaginative..or worse...a reality show! Please keep it on the air!

Barb Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 09:48 PM EST

Swingtown is one of the few shows on tv that I watch-its so different....most shows are repetitive and unimaginative..or worse...a reality show! Please keep it on the air!

Eric Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 04:33 PM EST

DO NOT CANCEL SWINGTOWN.... Remember Jericho???? and NUTS?!?! DO NOT DO THAT TO SWINGTOWN!!!

Dave Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 12:38 PM EST

KEEP swingtown. I'm 28 and the show is addicting. Very well done and keeps me intrigued.

Amanda Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 03:54 PM EST

This show has captured the hearts of younger viewers as well. I'm 20 yr's old and I love this show. Please do not cancel!!!

Linda Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 03:00 PM EST

Great show.....Born in the 60's I totally relate to the kids in the show and love going down memory lane of things that remind me of my own parents at that time. Us 45-50 year olds need more shows like this. Something to escape and laugh about after a hard day. Not blood, guts and stupid reality shows about self centered 20 somethings.

Marlene Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 07:44 PM EST

Swingtown is Great! Good storylines, interesting characters, am I missing something as to why you want to cancel?

Kristen Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 12:31 PM EST

I hope to see more swingtown episodes. I am absolutely addicted to this show. My husband and I wait all week for "our show" to come on. Please keep them coming.

melis Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 08:41 PM EST

don't cancel swingtown

Kinstle family Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 07:09 PM EST

Please keep swingtown,I was a early detractor.but the show alone changed my mind.

barbie Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 06:36 PM EST

love this show Please bring it back

disobedientlib Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 07:52 PM EST

Please renew Swingtown! Best show on tv these days!

NJA Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 08:54 AM EST

Can the opinion of someone in his "60's matter? It's the best show I've seen in recent years and when I couldn't be home to see it, I always taped it. The cast is intelligent and the writing is supurb. I want to watch every film Molly Parker ever did!!

Dave Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 12:50 AM EST

Check out http://www.SaveSwingtown.com for the latest updates .. the site will turn into a fan site once it gets renewed!

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Dave Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 10:29 PM EST

Please donot cancel Swingtown best show I have seen for a long time !!!!!!!!!

Kristy Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 09:04 PM EST

Please renew Swingtown! I haven't enjoyed a show this much since the second season of Grey's Anatomy. Great writing, a great cast. Please keep it on!

Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 04:27 PM EST

I saw the finale. I WANT MORE!. How awesome would it be to take back up around 1977, Saturday Night Fever, Disco. As I watch this show, I also feel sadness for my friends who have passed on and seeing this show helps me remember when we were 20 something together, they were here and life was so fun with them.

I am sick and tired of the TV networks ignoring my buying power, my age group and our ability to still make an impact on life. I want more. Come on CBS, MORE. We are not done yet, we got a lot of living left to do and reminding my generation of how it used to be, it’s about time. I will support your sponsors who respect my generation, bet I ‘m not the only one.

boomerchic Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 04:25 PM EST

If you go to tvbythenumbers.com, you read so many people who want this fasctinating show to continue. I was hooked. I lived the 70’s, managed not to get diseases, learned my lessons, had a ball, raised a kid, kept my morality.and the life I lead today has nothing to do with the show. I loved this show, the music, the reality of the way it was and everybody had a choice. It was a different concept, I’d like to see it kicked up a notch on cable if CBS doesn’t have the guts to keep it. They after all gave us BIG Brother? Which I wouldn’t spend 2 seconds on, I would do a load of clothes or go the gym first. Soap Operas have more questionable story lines than swingtown. If this show was called something else, maybe all you uptight souls wouldn’t be complaining so much.

KathyG - NC Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 01:07 PM EST

I actually am more concerned with the part that said they would "DVR Proof" CSI! Working nights it's the only way I get to see any of the evening TV. Secondly I am ticked of course that Swingtown won't be renewed.

Candace Primrose Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 12:27 AM EST

RENEW SWINGTOWN!!!! It's unique - unlike the typical junk shows cluttering the channels every year. Let's think outside the box, please!!!

Pat Murphy Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 10:34 PM EST

I was hooked on Swingtown right from the beginning and looked forward to it every week. The story lines are interesting and I love the acting, they kept it real. Too many crime shows on, this was a refreshing change!!! CBS ~ RENEW SWINGTOWN AND MAKE THE SWINGTOWN FANS HAPPY!! GREAT SHOW, GREAT STORYLINES!!!

Audrie Lawrence Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 09:30 PM EST

Please put Swingtown back on, how can you take such a well written, most interesting, real, so life like show and let it just disappear. There are so many nights where there is just nothing worth watching-garbage. This show has such feeling and it brings back such memories of the better years, the 70's were just like the show. Please try it again in the winter months,13 weeks cannot be the final judgement especially in the summer. I am 75 and loved every episode, please bring it back. It is a great story. Thanks Audrie L

Lea Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 06:20 PM EST

Speaking as someone that has absolutely nothing else going on in their life, please bring back Swingtown.

KrissyT Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 05:03 PM EST

RENEW SWINGTOWN!! It is well acted and has been a bright spot in television programming this summer. DO NOT CANCEL!!

michele Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 04:34 PM EST

Please don't cancel Swingtown. It is a great show and very entertaining. I can't wait to see what happens next with Roger & Susan!

Christie Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 04:16 PM EST

CBS- PLEASE DON'T CANCEL SWINGTOWN! IT'S SUCH AN INNOVATIVE SHOW. THE WRITING & ACTING ARE SUPURB, MOLLY PARKER & THE REST OF THE CAST ROCK! SHOW YOUR GUTS & RENEW IT. BRINGING DEXTER TO CBS WAS YOUR 1ST GOOD DECISION LET THIS BE THE 2ND ONE. SWINGTOWN'S FANS WON'T LET YOU DOWN SO PLEASE DON'T LET US DOWN.

Jen Whittington Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 03:57 PM EST

Swingtown was my ONLY show of the summer and I am sad to see it go...PLEASE DO NOT MAKE THIS MISTAKE! Weren't Cheers and Seinfeld almost cancelled after their first seasons? What a mistake that would have been--and Swingtown didn't even have a rocky start like those shows did! Bring back the swing!

Louis Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 01:54 PM EST

PLEASE RENEW SWINGTOWN !! It's the first show in a long time, that has great writing , superb acting, and totally captures the 70's.. I grew up during this era and the show accurately depicts how life was during that period.. the mores the fashion, even the tacky wallpaper & princess phones :) I hope CBS renews SWINGTOWN for another season.. it deserves a place on TV !!

mandy Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 11:19 AM EST

I have watched Swingtown since the first episode. I fell in love withthe charcters(Mike Rady Is HOT!!!!) and I looked forward every Friday NIght to listen to the music and smile and laugh. Please bring Swintown back. I would really like to see Trina become a mom, Susan and Roger be together, Janet make it with her column. This show idea was the best ever from CBS. Please keep Swingtown Swingin!

Emily McConnell Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 10:48 AM EST

Swingtown is more than a summer fill-in
Everything about it is top-notch and equal to anything seen on prime-time fall/winter schedule
Fans who loved the show followed it from time slot to time slot(not so good for a new show) Your storyline was great because it involved every character. No Stars just a handfull of excellent actors who made the show believable.
This is this years Dallas or Dynasty!
Give it another shot !

Courtney Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 08:52 AM EST

Please do not cancel this great show. First, it was shown in the summer when a lot of people think it is all repeats and 2nd they moved it from Thursday to Friday night. This is the only show I watched all summer. Please renew!!

kim Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 08:33 AM EST

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE BRING BACK SWINGTOWN.
It is the ONLY show I watch weekly. I can't stand to miss the show. If I have to, you can dang sure bet im online watching the next day. you can't have a finale like last nights and not finish it all out. I am dying to see more... I don't even want to have to wait. Bring it back NOW! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!

marcia Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 08:33 AM EST

I only have 3 words - PLEASE KEEP SWINGTON

KMK Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 07:06 AM EST

Can't believe another good show is being cancelled after just one season. If they at least came with SOME resolution of the characters, it wouldn't be so bad. Don't do this. Keep Swingtown swinging.

stacy Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 12:34 AM EST

I for one would like to say that I know many many people that do not think this show is appropriate.
I do not think that it should be on, yes its on at night when little ones should be in bed but you still have other groups( teens etc.) that should not be. This show sends a terrible message.. CBS can find other good drama type shows...

Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 12:03 AM EST

Swingtown is an entertaining, well-acted and well-written show. Please do not cancel.

Kim Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 11:28 PM EST

Love swingtown and tivo it regularly. Please renew!!!

Sherrie Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 10:38 PM EST

Swingtown is great. A few groups are upset with the content but all they need to do is explain the plot. The 70's was the feel good sexual decade. Many families with older teenager's or children in their early 20's could benefit from Swingtown and see how family values started declining in the 70's. This show explains many people do not have family values. Once the family bonds started breaking the generations after this continue to crumble. All decisions you make in life have a potential to change you life forever. I can't see this show is worse than 2 1/2 men with Charlie Sheen sleeping with anything and everything (and this show has reruns at 7:00, primetime). Please don't cancel Swingtown. Lets inform special interest groups how this show could be used in the positive.

Amanda Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 10:10 PM EST

PLEASE DON'T CANCEL SWINGTOWN!!! I have grown tired of the CSI spinoffs and other court/cop dramas! This show was fun and I actually looked forward to watching it each and every Friday night. Swingtown is the best new show that has appeared on the television in years! PLEASE KEEP IT!!!!!!!!!!!!


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